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Martial Blade Concepts: MBC is an edged-weapon system specifically designed to meet the needs of today’s concerned citizen and armed professional. Based on Michael Janich’s extensive analysis of the Filipino martial arts and many other systems, MBC takes combat-proven tactics and adapts them to modern tools, threats, and legal concerns. The result is a practical, easy-to-learn system that is ideally suited to modern self-defense.

Van’s Blacksmithing: Located just east of Ottawa in Hammond, Ontario, Van’s Blacksmithing provides the real forged in fire experience. They pride themselves on keeping the historical integrity of the trade alive. In collaboration with the Kingsley Armoury, they use a traditional coal-fired forge and use classic hand tools, grit, sweat, and skill to bring about accurate medieval soldier weapons and tools such as axes, warhammers, bardiches, and fighting picks. If you are interested, they offer a variety of blacksmithing courses and blacksmithing supplies and provide quality that cannot be beaten.

84th Regiment of Foot: Royal Highland Emigrants: This is a re-enactment group that portrays the 84th Regiment of Foot, known as the Royal Highland Emigrants. The 84th was a British regiment active during the American Revolution, from 1775 through 1783, raised to defend present day Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. The 84th Regiment was also involved in offensive action in the Thirteen Colonies.